[One Piece]Nix likes idiots

But before Ace went to see Deus for "medical treatment," the enemy came to the door first.

A pirate ship also flying the skull and crossbones flag attacked the Spedil.

Of course, this is a common occurrence for the members of the Spade Pirates. Although today's enemy was more difficult than before, we still won the victory without any danger in the end.

But what unfolded after that was a bit beyond their expectations.

The Spade Pirates are not a murderous pirate group. After every battle, Ace would only let the defeated enemies disappear before his eyes, instead of killing them completely.

Therefore, the enemy leader who was spared his life believed that he had been favored by Ace, and he had to present a treasure map to him no matter what.

"Ace, do you want to go?" Deus compared the treasure map and navigation chart he just received. "It looks like it is on a nearby island."

Ace played with the permanent pointer that came with the treasure map in his hand, with a determined smile on his face: "Go, of course I want to go."

He put the permanent pointer into Deuce's hand and turned to look for Nyx.

"Nix, prepare a pirate lunch for the adventure...Nix?"

Nyx's face was still hidden under the brim of her cloak. This is her habit - whenever she faces an enemy, even if she doesn't have to fight, she will wear that wide hood.

She stood on the edge of the ship and looked at the enemy's retreat, seeming to be thinking about something.

Ace walked up to her: "Nix? What are you thinking about?"

"Huh? Ah...it's nothing." Nyx took off her hat, "It's just...I have a bad feeling."

"Relax!" Ace patted her back carelessly, "If there's no danger, then it's not an adventure!"

"You really have this reaction." Nyx said helplessly, "You want a lunch, right? I'll prepare it right away."

Ace followed her into the kitchen and skillfully used his ability to light a fire for the stove: "Will you stay on the boat with Mr. Michal later, or will you go ashore with us to explore?"

Nyx: "I'll go with you."

"Then it's settled!" Hearing Nyx's response, Ace felt happy for no reason, "Don't worry, no matter what danger you encounter, I will protect you!"

Seeing Ace's happy look, Nyx also laughed: "Well, that's up to you."

Following the permanent pointer, it didn't take long for them to find the island where the treasure was said to be buried.

The treasure map in Deus' hand was not complete, and its edges had signs of being torn. According to the leader's explanation, this was originally a complete map of the island, but during the fight with others, the map was torn into two halves.

Fortunately, what he grabbed was the half marked with the location of the treasure. For treasure-hunting pirates, it is enough to be able to determine their own location and the location of the treasure.

Before landing, Nyx made three small puppets wearing cloaks and gave them to Michal, who was responsible for staying behind.

They are half the size of the previous three little puppets, but only as big as a hand.

"Keep them with you until we come back."

Three puppets jumped from Nyx's body onto the table. They were lying next to Michal's open book, looking like they were reading seriously. After a few seconds, one of them looked up at Michal, as if urging him to turn to the next page.

Michal turned a page, and the puppet who looked up at him immediately lowered his head and continued reading.

Michal smiled: "Cute little guy."

Nyx: "...You don't need to be like this. They are not living beings. They are just driven by magic power to unconsciously imitate my...human behavior."

Michal: "It's okay, thank you. I will take care of them."

take care of……

Nyx sighed.

Forget it, I hope they don't come in handy.

After receiving the promise, Nyx left the Spedil with the large army, while Michal sighed while teasing the three little puppets.

"Is she afraid that I will get bored when I am left alone? What a considerate and good child."

-

If the Spade Pirates want to reach the treasure, they must climb several hills. The road is not smooth and even particularly steep in places. But for Ace, who grew up in Gorbo Mountain, these terrains are nothing. Not to mention Kodaz, it was originally a big cat beast in the mountains. The members of the Fighting Faction quickly adapted to walking on the mountain road, but they only suffered from the two accompanying think tanks-Deus and Skar.

"You two have to work harder!" the crew members said with a smile, "Nix is ​​faster than you."

"She's cheating!" Deus gasped, angrily pointing at Nyx sitting leisurely on the magic broom.

"I'm just testing the performance of the new broom." Nyx replied seriously, "But if Deus gets tired, I can also pick you up."

"No! Use it!" Deus refused with courage.

But Skar raised his hands out of breath: "I, I'm tired too!"

Deus felt deeply betrayed: "Shut up!"

"Okay, stop arguing." Ace, who had been running ahead to fight with Kodaz, came around and sat directly on the back seat of the magic broom, hugging Nyx's waist, "This seat now belongs to Me!"

Ace continued to lecture plausibly: "Deus, Skar, it's time for you to get some exercise."

Skaar wailed: "Boss Ace!"

Deus closed his blinded eyes in pain: "Is this the problem!"

Others booed: "Just sit down, why are you holding your waist?"

"Huh?" Ace expressed considerable incomprehension about this question, "Of course it's for safety reasons!"

He remembered that when they were riding on the broom, Nyx would always ask them to tie the two of them together with a rope.

"Or should I find a tree vine now?" Ace suggested.

Nyx lowered her eyes and glanced at the arm around her waist: "No, that's it."

"But," Nyx reminded, "we are testing the performance now. If you fly too high, you might fall down halfway?"

If you are carrying others, just flying at low altitude will not cause any big problems. But she thought Ace would definitely not be satisfied with this height.

"It's okay, just go ahead and test it!" Ace said nonchalantly, "I'm much stronger than those two guys, so I'm not afraid of falling."

So no matter how you compare, he is the most ideal test subject!

Ace thought confidently.

After confirming the direction of travel with Deus, Nyx carried Ace up to the sky.

The crew of the Spade Pirates were left with ambiguous expressions.

"Oh, the relationship between Boss and Nyx is still so good."

Skar poked his fellow sufferer Deus: "Is that the kind of relationship between Boss Ace and Nyx?"

Deus made a face: "Don't ask me, I don't know."

The sharp-eared crew member heard Skar's question and immediately pulled Skar to give him a series of popular science.

Bansi, who also heard this rumor for the first time, was also shocked.

"It's not...those two people..."

Not long ago, Nix was in her room reading a book on how to chase people! Right on her bedside!

But the brats who were making a fuss looked happy, not to mention that the relationship between Ace and Nyx didn't seem to be meaningless.

In the end, Bansi did not tell the truth and allowed them to misunderstand.

When the Bagua Conference was in full swing, a loud noise suddenly came from the front. They immediately put away their playful expressions and ran quickly and secretly in the direction of the sound.

It was like something had crashed down, sending up dust flying all over the sky. Deus asked the crew to hide behind the trees and wait and see.

Until they heard a familiar voice.

"It seems that the broom's load-bearing capacity needs to be improved...as well as the power of the propeller...wind resistance...steering..."

"I think the seats are a little too small."

"Then the seat size should also be included in the design requirements of the next broom."

The dust dispersed, and what appeared in front of everyone was a large crater.

Ace was standing at the bottom of the pit with Nyx on his side, while Nyx was holding a small notebook and recording something.

The smoking broom fell at their feet.

Deus lay on the edge of the pit and shouted to them helplessly: "Can you come out first?"

Ace jumped out of the pit with Nyx in his arms, while Nyx was still writing hard and immersed in recording data.

"Current flight altitude...speed...acceleration..."

When she finally listed all the relevant data and ideas for the next broomstick in a small notebook, Nyx broke away from her concentration.

Then, she saw a lot of ambiguous looks.

This scene always feels familiar...

But Nix is ​​no longer the Nix she used to be.

She put the notebook away in her cloak as if nothing had happened, patted Ace and asked him to put her down. Then he turned around and walked to the edge of the pit, summoned the broom from the bottom of the pit, and stuffed it into his cloak as well.

After doing this, she faced the big hole she had made, remained silent for a while, and then put on her hood.

"The destination is almost here, let's keep going."

-

On the other side, Michal, who was left behind, was about to leave the study to get some air.

The little puppets pulled at his clothes, as if they insisted on going out with him.

"It's so clingy." Michal let the little puppets sit on his arms. "She said that you can only imitate...is that child actually like you in nature?"

The little puppets couldn't make any sound, they just shook their legs happily, without any consciousness of betraying their master.

Michal walked to the deck with a smile.

"I don't know where they went."

He enjoyed the sunshine for a while, and the little puppets sat on the railing near him in a daze.

"There's something I've been curious about for a long time." Hearing Michal's voice, the little puppets all turned their heads, "Can you take off your cloak and hat?"

Although it looks like it is carved out of wood, based on the flexibility shown by the puppet... maybe the cloak is also movable?

The little puppets covered the brim of their hats tightly at the same time and fled in all directions.

"Is it because you haven't carved out the facial features, so you don't want to show it to me?"

Michal smiled and didn't take it to heart.

Just as Michal was about to greet the puppets back to the room, a ship appeared in his sight.

Michal stopped smiling.

He climbed up to the lookout and picked up his binoculars.

It was a pirate ship.

If there was no mistake...it was the same ship that attacked them before.

And now, they were heading towards the Spedil.

Is it a coincidence, or...?

Michal's heart sank.

Three little puppets actually climbed up and were standing behind him.

"Hurry up and hide, or just hide here?" Michal put on a gentle expression and softly coaxed the three little puppets.

The little puppets looked at each other, slid down the rope, and ran toward the cabin obediently.

Michal watched them run into the girl's room, then he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to monitor the enemy ships.

While Michal was on full alert, three little puppets pulled out a suitcase from under Nyx's bed and twisted the switch on it.

The suitcase opened automatically, revealing a dark passage leading to nowhere.

The puppets jumped. After a while, they climbed out of the suitcase again, fighting against their respective weapons.

-

Ace and the others have reached the end point indicated by the treasure map and are wandering around in circles.

"There doesn't seem to be any caves nearby?" Deus surveyed the surroundings.

"I guessed it would be like this." Skar, who was running at the bottom, suddenly became proud and took out a shovel from his bag. "At this time, you should dig down!"

He shoveled it down with a shovel, but the hard ground shook him so hard that his mouth went numb.

The crew members around him laughed at him without hesitation: "Hahaha, Skar, you should exercise more!"

"However, you are usually responsible for using your brains. Now leave the physical work to us." An anxious crew member grabbed the shovel from his hand and started digging.

Not to be outdone, Kodaz began to dig up the ground with his claws.

Ace squatted beside him and watched in boredom: "But with such a small shovel, how long will it take to dig? Why don't I just punch it down and try?"

"Stop it." The other crew members quickly stopped him, "What if the treasure is burned directly?"

Not far away, Deus seemed to have discovered something: "Nix, Skarr, come and take a look."

Nyx and Skaar walked over and found Deus frowning and looking at the map in his hand.

"What's wrong? Is it possible that we went the wrong way?" Skarr glanced at the map and then looked around, "This is the right place."

"The problem is... this is not our map." He took out another almost identical map from his arms, "This one is."

The two incomplete maps both indicate this location, but the gaps at the edges are different.

Skar realized something was wrong: "Then this map is...?"

Deus pointed to the ground with his eyes: "I picked it up from here."

Skar: "Does this mean someone has already been here?"

Nyx suddenly turned her head and looked in the direction they came from.

That's where the Spedil docked.

Deus noticed something strange about her: "What's wrong?"

"The defense device I left behind has been activated." Nyx frowned, "The Spedil is in danger."

What defensive device? ! How did Nyx know the Spedil was in danger? !

But Deus knew that now was not the time to dwell on this, since Nyx said that the Spedil was in danger...

"Ace!" The three of them ran towards the militant faction who were still digging holes in full swing, "Let's go back quickly!"

Ace asked blankly: "What's wrong?"

"The Spedil is in danger." Nyx said quickly, "I'm not sure of the size of the enemy, but..."

"Wow——!" A scream suddenly came from the crowd.

Several people immediately ran towards the direction from which the sound came.

"What happened?"

"Boss..." The crew member closest to them looked very unhappy, "The ground suddenly became very strange just now."

"Three brothers...were pulled into the fields."

"Damn it." Ace became furious and his right hand lit up with flames. He wanted to punch the ground, but he was afraid of accidentally injuring his friends who were swallowed by the hole.

"Ace, calm down." Deus held his shoulders, "They are still waiting for us to rescue them."

"And the condition of the Spedil..." Skarr narrowed his eyes, "This is a trap."

Ace closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and barely suppressed his anger.

He opened his eyes: "Nix."

Nyx: "I'm here."

Ace looked at her: "Use your ability to send them back...can you do it?"

Nyx realized what he was going to do and nodded silently.

Ace's eyes were firm: "Then it's up to you."

Including Kodaz, there are a total of twenty members of the Spade Pirates who landed on the island.

Three people are currently missing.

Under the assignment of Deus, they quickly decided on the order and number of people to return.

We can't let Ace fight alone, and we can't leave Teacher Michal and the ship alone.

Nyx was almost racing against time to fight for people from the ground that could swallow people.

But just when she returned to the place again and was about to send Deus to the ship, she was dizzy for a moment by using difficult spells many times in a short period of time.

The enemy hiding in the dark saw the opportunity and swallowed them up at the same time.

"Nix!"

She heard Ace calling her name, but before she could look back at him, she fell into darkness.

-

Ace punched the spot where Nyx disappeared.

Now, he is the only one left here.

He originally planned to let Nyx send Deus back to the ship, and then stay there and not come back.

He obviously praised Haikou and said he would protect her...but not only did he trouble her to protect his crew, but he also put her in danger.

There was darkness in Ace's eyes.

A hole suddenly appeared in front of him.

There was a sound coming from underground.

"Your friends are all in my hands." The voice challenged, "Come down if you want to save them."

Ace jumped down without hesitation.